Let's Talk AI
How Are Linguists Using AI Tools?
How are linguists currently using AI tools in their research, teaching, and everyday academic work? What opportunities do these tools offer, and what challenges do they pose?
This event invites students of linguistics to exchange experiences with AI tools, discuss their practical applications, and critically reflect on their limitations. Topics will include research workflows, data analysis, AI generated content, reliability, bias, and ethical considerations.
Whether you already work with AI tools or are just beginning to explore them, let's have an open discussion about the current uses and challenges of AI in linguistics!
How are linguists currently using AI tools in their research, teaching, and everyday academic work? What opportunities do these tools offer, and what challenges do they pose?
From literature reviews and academic writing to data annotation, transcription, and language teaching, AI tools are becoming increasingly accessible and finding their way into many aspects of linguistic work. At the same time, their use raises important ethical questions.
This event invites students of linguistics to come together and explore how AI tools are being used across different areas of linguistics. Rather than focusing exclusively on technical developments or theoretical debates, we want to create a space for exchanging practical experiences, sharing useful tools and workflows, and discussing the opportunities and limitations that participants have encountered in their own work.
Possible topics include the use of large language models in linguistic research, AI-assisted literature searches and academic writing, corpus linguistics and data analysis, transcription and annotation, language learning and teaching, as well as questions of reproducibility, data privacy, bias, and responsible AI use. We are also interested in the challenges of integrating these tools into academic workflows, such as their tendency to generate inaccurate information, the difficulty of evaluating their outputs, and the implications for academic integrity.
The event is intended as an open and collaborative discussion rather than a formal presentation. You do not need to be an expert in AI or have extensive experience with these tools to participate. Whether you regularly use AI in your research, have experimented with a few tools, remain sceptical about their usefulness, or are simply curious about what they can and cannot do, your perspective is welcome!
